A series of linocuts inspired by seventeenth- and eighteenth century texts and woodcuts.
The name 'Thin Ice Press' is a tribute to York’s own Thomas Gent, an 18th-century printer who famously operated a makeshift press on the frozen River Ouse in 1739. This linocut is inspired by a woodcut. £15 plus domestic shipping. Top of photo.
Frost Fair
Duke Senior's opening lines from Act II, Scene I of As You Like It by William Shakespeare. Linocut by Izzy Williamson, printed alongside handset metal type. A4, £15 plus domestic shipping. Bottom of photo.
As You Like It
This linocut, copied from 1761 woodcut, shows Thomas Gent’s printing house in York’s Coffee Yard. The verse is taken from The Life of Mr, Thomas Gent, printer, of York (1746). A4, £20 plus domestic shipping. Right of photo.